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Getty; The Atlantic A Court Without Precedent
The judiciary is supposed to be informed by historical memory, and guided by more than its members’ whims.
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Getty ; The Atlantic What Democracy’s Advocates Can Learn From Ukrainians
The nation has captured the world’s attention with messaging that is messy and honest, hopeful and profane, deadly serious yet wholly unpretentious.
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The Atlantic The Filibuster Is Still Doomed
The question is who will benefit most when it finally falls.
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Getty; The Atlantic Justice Kavanaugh’s Empty Democratic Promise
Returning abortion to the states doesn’t put power into the hands of voters in much of the country.
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Stefan Jeremiah / AP The Republicans’ Dangerous New Tactic
In the New Jersey gubernatorial race, the Republican candidate, Jack Ciattarelli, still has yet to concede.
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Getty; The Atlantic Biden Has More Power Over the Filibuster Than He’s Been Willing to Use
The president has a historical model he can follow to try to save his agenda from the Senate.
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Samuel Corum / Getty The Strange Elegance of Joe Manchin’s Voter-ID Deal
Voter-ID laws are noxious. But they don’t suppress turnout that much.
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Print Collector / Getty / The Atlantic We Already Got Rid of the Filibuster Once Before
The House used to have a filibuster too. And when legislators got rid of it, the result was a more democratic, productive institution.
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Getty / The Atlantic The New Debate Rules Are a Mistake
The Commission on Presidential Debates is choosing the appearance of civility over an honest, open display of the two men’s characters.
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Hulton Archive / Heritage Images / Getty / … The U.S. Is Facing the Possibility of a Truly Illegitimate Election
But Americans can still fight to protect democracy this year and beyond.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Senate Filibuster Is Another Monument to White Supremacy
Tear it down.
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Library of Congress / The Atlantic Congress Needs to Be Way, Way Bigger
Members of the House simply cannot adequately respond to the needs of hundreds of thousands of people.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Democrats Are Answering the Wrong Questions
By focusing on bizarre hypotheticals, candidates keep falling into the traps we’ve seen before.
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Associated Press How America’s First Women Voters Lost the Franchise
The president’s claim that voters “put on a different shirt, come in, and vote again” echoed an odd 19th-century episode.
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Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP Donna Brazile's Tell-All Is Troubling For the Wrong Reasons
Instead of contributing to our understanding of what happened in 2016, Hacks muddies the waters.
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Andrew Harnik / AP How Donald Trump Broke the Al Smith Dinner
It isn’t the only democratic institution that finds itself in danger.
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Mike Segar / Reuters The Sketchy Ethics of Donald Trump Jr.’s Speech
The borrowed lines included in his keynote address at the Republican National Convention are a sign of what the next four years could look like.
